Russell Brand to film US chatshow

Russell Brand has signed up to film a chatshow series for US television.

UK producer Box TV is making the eight-part series after Brand made a good impression with TV appearances promoting movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

A source told the Sunday Mirror: "Russell has given some brilliant US interviews and TV execs have gone crazy for him. They were particularly impressed with his performance on the David Letterman show.

"They think he is likeable, charming and a bit of an oddball, and presenting his own TV show is the obvious next step."

Brand, who has been performing stand-up in Los Angeles, joked: "I really like LA - I'd heard it was a superficial and vacuous space and, astonishingly, I fit right in."